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VOL.—44 No. 12
TWENTY-TWO PAGES
SOUTHERN PINES, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1964
TWENTY-TWO PAGES
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DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR CANDIDATE
Preyer To Speak At Carthage Rally
February 13, Meet Public After Talk
RICHARDSON PREYER
Boy
Scout Week
To Be Observed
By Area’s Units
Hundreds of Boy Scouts and
their adult leaders throughout
this area -will take part in the an
nual nation-wide Boy Scout
Week, February 7-13, marking the
54th anniversary of the founding
of Scouting in the United States.
In Moore County various events
have been planned by Scouting
units in the Sandhills District
(lower part of Moore and a por
tion of Hoke County), of which
Richard Muse is executive; and
the Yadkin Trail District (upper
part of the county), in which
Louis Waskey is executive.
A highlight of the week is Scout
Sunday on February 9, when
units will attend churches in uni
form. “Open house” for parents
will be held by some Scouting
units—Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts
and Explorers—during the week.
Theme of this year’s observance
is “Strengthen America—Scout-,
ing Can Make the Difference.”
Street-comer demonatrations
of Scouting skills are planned by
some units and Cub Packs will
be holding their Blue and Gold
Banquets, either during Scout
Week or later in February.
Among the 21 Scouting Dis
tricts in the Occoneechee Council,
in terms of growth and progress
during 1963, the T-'dkin Trail
District ranked first and the
Sandhills District second—a re
cord that gives special signifi
cance to Boy Scout Week in this
area,, officials say.
Richardson iPreyer, candidate
for Governor in the May 30 Dem
ocratic primary, will make his onr
ly scheduled Moore County pub
lic appearance at the courthouse
in Carthage, Thursday, February
13.
M. G. Boyette of Carthage, dis
trict Superior Court solicitor and
manager of Preyer’s Moore Coun
ty campaign, said this week that
the candidate will speak at the
courthouse at 2 p. m., during his
“lOO-county tour” of North Car
olina.
The public is invited to gather
at the courthouse at 1:30 for mu-'
sic and entertainment that will
precede the county rally, said
Vance Derby, Southern Pines at-
■ftorney who heads arrangements
for the meeting.
Following his talk in the court
house, Preyer will move across
the street to the Carthage Hotel
for a coffee hour when the pub
lic will have an opportunity to
meet and talk with him person
ally.
Preyer, who gave up a life-time
appointment as a U. S. federal
judge to run for the gubernatori
al nomination, began his series
of visits to every county in the
state last week, after 7,500 per
sons attended a “People for Prey
er Kickoff” in Greensboro, his
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Blue’s Candidacy For
Lieutenant Governor
Formally Announced
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home community
He will come to Carthage on
February 13, after stops at Lil-
lington and Sanford. Later that
day, he will go to Pittsboro.
Boyette said that he is pleased
with progress of the Preyer cam
paign in Moore County.
Mrs. Pat Rainey of Southern
Pines, women’s chairman of the
Moore County Preyer for Gover
nor Committee, has announced
plans for a luncheon at the
Southern Pines Country Club on
February 27 when the candi
date’s wife, Mrs. Emily Preyer,
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Two members of the U. S.
Equestrian jumping team—^Frank
Chapot and Miss Mary Meares,
and an alternate member. Miss
Carol Hofmann; also a seasoned
horse show rider. Miss Margaret
McLaughlin—spent 10 days here
recently, schooling and condition
ing their horses for the Florida
show circuit.
Miss Hofmann of North Branch,
N. J., at left in the photo, and
Miss McLaughlin of Fairfield,
Conn., right, are pictured just
before a hunt with the Moore
County Hounds.
In the center is Mrs. William
Gilbert, who with her husband,
owns Kenwood Farms, their year-
round home and training estab
lishment, where the visitors stab
led and trained their mounts.
The period spent here was not
an Olympic venture for the group,
who came here independently for
10 days of intensive schooling.
, Frank Chapot of Walpack,
N. J., is perhaps the leading riaer
of the U. S. Equestrian team.
Miss Meares, who comes from
Pasadena, Calif., was named
“Horsewoman of the Year” re
cently by winning a majority of
write-in ballots from horsemen,
country-wide.
The team members who were
here made the Olympic tour last
time and will go to Tokyo for the
Olympics in the fall.
(Humphrey photo.)
3 JUNIOR CLASSES IN MORNING
New Starting Time, 10 a.m., Set For
Hunter TriaJs ScheduledFebruary 15
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BENEFIT GAME TONIGHT
A team of teachers from schools
in the northern part of Moore
County will compete with teach
ers from the southern part in a
basketball game being played to
night (’Thursday) in the Aberdeen
gym at 7 o’clock, for benefit of
the county’s March of Dimes cam
paign.
Training Courses
For Electricians,
Mechanics Slated
Two training couses will begin
within the next 30 days at the Lee
County Industrial Education Cen
ter, Sanford, for electricians and
auto-truck mechanics. The course
lor mechanics will begin Monday,
February 17, and for electricians
the tentative date is Monday,
March 2.
The courses were announced by
L. Garland Scott, manager of the
Sanford office of the Employment
Security Commission, who said
that the courses are set up under
the Manpower Development and
Training Act of 1962, whose prin
cipal objective is to provide oc
cupational training for “those un
employed and underemployed
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A change of starting time from
an early afternoon hour to 10 a.m.
has been announced for the an
nual Hunter Trials to take place
at the Scotts Corner course near
here, Saturday, February 15.
Officials Of the sponsoring
Moore County Hounds are pleased
with the change of schedule,
pointing out three important ad
vantages:
1. It makes possible the sehed-
HERE ON FEBRUARY 11
Hinkle To Speak At SADA Meeting
James R. Hinkle, director of the
Industry and Commerce Division
' of the N. C. Department of Con
servation and' Development, will
be guest speaker at a dinner
meeting of the Sandhills Area
Development Asosciation, at
Holiday Inn here, Tuesday,
February 11, at 7 p.m.
The occasion will be a full
membership me< ting' of the group,
with wives attending. Both men
and-women are active in the As-
I 'tl' sociation which works for in
dustrial; recreation and commun
ity development in a five-county
area. ‘ '
Hjnkle was in the news this
week whep his resignation from
the C ■& P'post and his appoint
ment as .industrial development
director jor Carolina Power &
Light Co. were announced. He
will assume the CP&iL duties the
^ later part ,bf this month. .
I Hinkle has been with C & D
since 1960 and had formerly been
associated with the power com
pany in various' capacities since
1954, living in Henderson, Siler
City and Raleigh. His new duties
will encompass the entire CP&L
service area in North and South
Carolina.
Industrial development in the
five-county SADA area—-Moore,
Richmond,. . Montgomery, Hoke
' an* Lee-r-ls, a .contiriuipg niajor
project of the organization—but
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Dr. Foster Back
After ‘Medico’
Work In Algeria
Dr. and Mrs. Clarence B. Foster
returned to their home here Mon-
d'ay from Algeria where Dr.
Foster spent the month of Janu-
uary as ophthalmologist with a
four-man team of American
physicians who volunteered their
services with the CARE “Medi
co” program.
Mrs. Foster accompanied her
husband as secretary and general
assistant at the Benni Messous
Hospital in Algiers where the
local physician performed eye
surgery and rendered other ser
vices.
Other physicians on the team
were an internist, an orthopedist
and a general surgeon. The group
flew to Algeria together, after
meeting in New York City.
“Medico,” operating through
CARE, the organization that is
best known for its program of
sending food packages to needy
areas overseaas, was founded
through the efforts of the late
Dr. Tom Dooley, to bring modern
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uling of three junior classes, all
to be conducted in the morning
hours.
2. Spectators and riders can
enjoy a long lunch break, either
picnicking on the grounds or
leaving and coming back to their
reserved parking spaces at the
edge of the course.
3. The new schedule is expected
to eliminate the program’s run
ning into dsirkness at the end of
the afternoon, as has happened
oh former occasions.
Parking spaces, which were in
short supply early this week, are
being reserved through Mrs. W.
O. Moss at Mile-Away Farms.
Reservations for the Hunt Ball
to take place at Pineholme, off
Youngs Road', the night of the
Hunter Trials, can be made with
Mrs. Warner Atkins of Pinehurst.
General admission ($1) attend
ance at the Hunter Trials is not
limited and no reservataions are
needed.
The following classes have
been announced: three Junior
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Atkins Home At
Niagara Burned
In Sunday Blaze
The Fred Atkins home at Ni
agara was destroyed late Sunday
afternoon by flames which swept
through it so fiercely that hardly
anything could be saved.
Mr. and Mrs. Atkins and their
three children, aged 11, 14 and
15 were all at home when the fire
was discovered, apparently com
ing up from the basement.
, W. O. Moss and his fire truck
from Mile-Away Farm arrived
quickly, followed within a short
time by the rural fire truck with
volunteer firemen from Vass.
However, there was nothing they
could do to save the modern one-
story brick home.
Only a very few pieces of fur
niture and clothing were saved.
Origin of the fire was imdeter-
mined.
No one was hurt in the fire.
Fred Atkins is employed at Fort
Bragg. He and his family have
moved into temporary quarters
Rep. H. Clifton Blue of Aber
deen, Speaker of the 1963 House
of Representatives, announced his
candidacy for Lieutenant' Gov
ernor in the May 30 Democratic
Primary, at a press conference
in Raleigh on Tuesday.
Blue’s announcement estab
lishes a .three-way race for the
lieutenant governor nomination.
Robert Scott of Haw River an-'
nounced a few weeks ago and, on
Thursday of last week, John R.
Jordan, Jr., of Raleigh formally ;
declared that he would seek the
post.
Named by Blue as his state
campaign r manager was Sam ;
Burrow, Jr., of Asheboro, with i
J. Elvin Jackson, of Carthage !
and 'Vass, as co-manager.
BlUe 53 - year old newspaper |
publisher of Aberdeen and senior
member of the General Assembly
in point of continuous service, +
now serving his ninth consecutive
term, said he would seek the sup
port of “all people and groups
who would like to be dealt with
fairly and on tOp of the table.”
“In committee appointments, if
elected, I will strive for fair rep
resentation of the Senate mem
bership and for the best welfare
of the State as a whole,” he said.
“As I go into the campaign I
expect to discuss in straightfor
ward manner and simple lan
guage the issues and problems
facing our progressive and grow
ing state,” he stated.
Regarding the public utility is
sue, Blue said, “There should be,
and I am sure there can be com
mon ground on which both can
serve our people,” referring to the
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H. CLIFTON BLUE
Textbooks Given
To Peace Corps
The Southern Pines schools are
donating 338 discarded textbooks
to the Peace Corps for use by
teachers and students in foreign
countries, Supt. J. W. Jenkins said
this week. The books are no long
er needed here.
They include texts in history,
social studies, literature, physics,
mathematics and typing. They
will be collected by Peace Corps
representatives later this month.
Southern Pines is one of 44
North Carolina school systems
contributing old or unused books
for Peace Corps use.
THEATRE-IN-PINES
Pasters in business section
stores will announce in a few
days the meeting place for the
Theatre-in-the-Pines group which
has set a meeting for Thursday
inuvcu of next week, February 13, at 8
on the second-floor apartment at | p.m. All interested persons are in-
Mrs. J. V. Snipes’s home.^ vited.
Planning Council
For Mental Health
Formed In Moore
Moore County citizens who are
interested in the advancement of
mental health are urged to join
a Moore County Mental Health
Planning Council, currently being
formed.
The Planning Staff of the
North Carolina Mental Health
Council, working through State
representatives to the Council,
has requested the formation of
the County Planning Council.
Those who have been asked to
form the nucleus of the local
group include:
Dr. John C. Grier, Jr., repre
senting the County Medical Soci
ety; L. R. Reynolds, chairman,
board of county commissioners;
R. E. Lee, superintendent of
Moore County Schools; Mrs. 'Wal
ter B. Cole, superintendent of
public welfare; David Drexel,
president of the Mental Health
Association, and Dr. C. R. Mon
roe, acting county health director.
'This group will become the
focus of affiliation for all who'are
concerned with meeting mental
health needs.
Councils are being formed in
all 100 counties of North Carolina
as part of a planning effort fi
nanced from State and Federal
sources. Its aim is to develop a
coordinated, comprehensive plan
to rrieet North Carolina’s present
and future mental health needs.
The investigations and recom
mendations of the Coimty Coun
cils will be communicated to the
State-level planning staff to pro
vide basic components of the
statewide plan being developed.
BOOKSHOPS TO HONOR AUTHOR HERE NEXT WEEK
JAMES R. HINKLE
it is, receiving particular atten
tion at this time in connection
with the proposal that Camp Mac-
kall, just south of Moore County
be released by the Army, which
is using it for a training area, for
industrial development. Scotland
County is joining the SADA
counties in work on this project.
Charles H. Hazlehurst of South
ern Pines is chairman of the SA-
,DA division that is preparing a
brochure on the Camp Mackall
proposal.
PTA To Hear Of
‘Changing Schools’
“The Changing Secondary
School” a program that was can
celled because of bad weather
when it was scheduled for the
East Southern Pines Parent-
Teacher Association last month,
will be presented at the organi
zation’s regular meeting, Mon
day, February 10, in Weaver Au
ditorium at 8 p. m.
Mrs. J. S. Hiatt, PTA president,
said that Glenn Cox, high school
principal and several members
of the faculty will discuss chang
ing aspects of high schools today
and in the future.
Supt. James W. Jenkins is also
expected to take part in the pro
gram.
Early Years Of Air Mail Related-By Page Shamburger
In Her First Published Book. ‘Tracks Across The Sky’
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Miss Page Shamburger of Aber- i
deen, long known in the Sandhills
for her aviation and equestrian
enthusiasms, is the author of
“Tracks Across the Sky—The
Story of the Pioneers of the U. S.
Air Mail,”., just published by J.
B. Lippincott Company as a vol
ume in the firm’s “Airmen and
Aircraft” series.
To mark the occasion locally,
two Southern Pines bookshops
have scheduled events next week.
On Monday, February 10, from
3 to 5 p. m.. The Country Book
shop will give a tea for the au
thor, her friends and others who
are interested.
On Wednesday, February 12,
from 1 to 4 p. m.. Miss Shambur
ger will be at the Studio Book
shop,, with the public invited.
At both events, autographed
copies of the book will be avail
able.
Now working on two more
books and several magazine ar
ticles and with two other books
in the hands of a publisher but
not yet published. Miss Sham
burger recalls her work on
“Tracks Across the Sky” almost
as though it were ancient history.
As Eastern editor of “Cross
Country News,” an aviation news
paper issued from Fort Worth,
MISS SHAMBURGER
Texas, as a regular writer for
“The Chronicle of the Horse,” of
Middleburg, 'Va.—not to mention
her constant devoted services for
the Moore County Hounds in all
phases of that organization’s oper
ation—she is so busy that she
doesn’t often turn her mind to the
relating of her own career.
“Tracks Across the Sky,” which
is lavishly illustrated with fas
cinating photos of old planes and
pilots, tells the story of the “U. S.
Aerial Mail Service” which began
in May, 1918, on through the Air
Mail’s rapid and problem-frought
development during the 1920’s
and 1930’s. The style is lively and
the book reflects the intensive
research Miss Shamburger did to
make the volume authentic, fly
ing her own plane from one end
of the nation to the other to in
terview in person many of the
pioneer figures in the develop
ment of the Air Mail service,
some of whom have died since
her interviews were held.
A pilot with over 3,500 hours of
flying time and a commercial li
cense (she “soloed” on her 16th
birthday and then worked as an
.apprentice mechanic and “line
boy” in return for three hours a
week of flying time), the Sand
hills writer was in her own ele
ment with the Air Mail subject.
She has owned her own plane
since 1950 and is now flying the
third she has had.
Lippincott asked her to write
the Air Mail book, in the fall of
1962, telling her it would have
to be ready by January, 1963.
’Though not published until this
month, it was ready that January.
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Wheeler Replaces
Coy Frye in Local
Police Department
William Martin 'Wheeler, 25,
went to work as a patrolman with
the Southern Pines Police De
partment Saturday, replacing Coy
Frye who has resigned. Chief Earl
S. Seawell announced this week.
A native of Hamlet and a vet
eran of four years of Navy serv
ice, 'Wheeler was formerly em
ployed by the Seaboard Air Line
Railroad and as a salesman at
Jacksonville, Fla.
He is married to the former
Geraldine Lynch of Aberdeen
where the^ are living until they
find a place in Southern Pines.
They have an infant child.
Frye is how employed by Long
Meadow Dairies, working out of
the company’s Sandhills head
quarters between Southern Pines
and Aberdeen. He had been with
the police, department since Au
gust, 1961.
THE WEATHER
Maximum and minimum tem
peratures for each day of the past
week were recorded as follows at
the U. S. Weather Bureau obser
vation station at the W E E B
studios on Midland Road.
Main Min.
January 30 60 26
January 31 49 43
February 1 56 34
February 2 58 30
February 3 51 25
February 4 57 20
February 5 61 30